Volume 25, No. 1 ELUL, 5749 - TISHREI, 5750 SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER, 1989 WORDS from Saul J. Berman It's easy to say "I'm sorry" to a stranger. If you step on someone's toe in the crowded subway train, it's simple to just turn and apologize and continue your life as before. It's easy because the act was clearly accidental and because there is no history to the relationship which might complicate an otherwise simple interaction. It's much more difficult to say "I'm sorry" to an intimate friend, or a spouse (or especially to a spouse who is an intimate friend). The greater difficulty derives from two sources. Firstly, it is usually difficult to claim that it was accidental when you hurt afriend since the standard of care which we expect within a rich friendship should make people much more careful. A word slipped, a slight perpetrated, tend to be seen not as accidents but as reflections of some otherwise unrevealed antagonism. It's not so simple to tell a friend, "I'm sorry that I spoke badly of you to another person", or, "I'm sorry that I wasn't there for you when you needed me." "Why did you?", and "Why weren't you?!" would be appropriate responses from the injured friend - not so simple. Secondly, arelationship with an intimatefriend has a history, and every current act or omission takes its place in the panoply of acts and omissions which have preceded it. The act, therefore, is never seen in isolation but has to be responded to with the complexity and subtlety due to the entire relationship. Just saying "I'm sorry", as if nothing like this had ever happened before, or as if the occurence didn't raise questions about the integrity of the commitment of thefriend, issimply not possible. It's much more difficult to apologize and continue your life as before when the continuity is dependent upon the acceptance of your apology by the.other- and he or she may not be so willing simply to accept your regrets. What is it like when you recite the "Vidduy", the oral confession on ? Is it very easy to say "I'm sorry" to God, or is it very hard? If it's very easy, then perhaps God is too much of a stranger. In truth, it ought to be even more difficult to apologize and simply move on when the very continuation of your life may be dependent upon the acceptance of your apology by God-and He may not be willing so simply to accept your regrets. May our repentance and our confession be difficult, but succesful; and may God grant us all a year of good health and happiness. Page Two LINCOLN SQUARE

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE It is appropriate that I find myself writingthisfirst report for the newly refurbished and improved ECHOD on Labor Day 1989. Serving as President of LSS is a LINCOLN SQUARE SYNAGOGUE truly labor of love, but it is labor nevertheless. I marvel at the 200 AMSTERDAM AVENUE, ability of our past Presidents who NEW YORK, NY 10023 navigated this magnificent institution through TEL: 874-6100 increasingly turbulent waters over the last 25 years. Above all, I am struck with the immensity of the task SAUL J. BERMAN and the dedication offered Rabbi by the Presidents with whom I have worked most closely - Maurice SHLOMO RISKIN Spanbock, Stanley Getzler, Fred Ehrman, Richard Founding Rabbi Joselit, and Morton Landowne. AsourShabbat Musaf HERSCHELCOHEN prayer says, they were Associate Rabbi truly "committed workers for the needs of the congregation -imbued with Emunah SHERWOOD GOFFIN -faith in our God". I cherish their continued Cantor help and advice. There is so much to do and a lot more to learn. KENNETH BRANDER On the heels of one of our most successful ever Assistant Rabbi Journal campaign I am delighted that Mortyand Rose SURI KASIRER Landowne have succumbed to the unanimous Outreach Director decision of the officers and agreed to be our 1990 EPHRAIM BUCHWALD Journal Dinner honorees. The Landowne Beginner Services family's commitment to LSS is second to none, and it is JONATHAN WOLF fitting that we round out our25th anniversary year next June Community Action 10, with a tribute to Rose and Morty. CHAIM HAGLER Youth Director THE SUMMER KENNETH WAGNER As you know, the membership has voted Executive Director overwhelmingly to take a loan of up to $300,000 based PERRY DAVIS on a mortage of the Annex for the purpose of President refurbishing our physical plant. Some repairs have SIMEON SCHREIBER already begun. We have completed an engineering First Vice President survey of our air conditioning and heating systems, FREDDY KOHN and will complete waterproofing work to avoid further Second Vice President water damage to the main synagogue building. The MARCEL LINDENBAUM amount of ouractual repairwork will be basedonour Third Vice President final budget analysis forthe coming year. Incidentally, ALLEN SMITH Bank Leumi, which provided the loan, has negotiated Treasurer final terms with us that are significantly more STEVEN SPIRA favorable to the Synagogue than those previously Executive Secretary reported. OurTreasurer, Alan Smith was instrumental BERNARD KABAK in securing financing and we are grateful for-his help Financial Secretary as well as that of our member and Bank Leumi officer ELLIOT GIBBER Anne Oksenberg. Corresponding Secretary Thanks to Vice President Freddy Kohn and our DEBBIE PINE member Judy Heicklen who spent scores of hours Recording Secretary with LSS Executive Director Ken Wagner and our FRED EHRMAN fiscal professional Marilyn Osgood designing a MAURICE SPANBOCK completely new budgeting and financial system for RICHARD JOSELIT theSynagogue. Our information will be increasingly STANLEY GETZLER timely and allow for even greater fiscal MORTON LAN DOWN E oversight and control. Fionorary Presidents A new fundraising committee comprised of MILTON HOUPT Phyllis and Stanley Getzler, Rose and President Bulletin Editor Vice (continued on page three) LINCOLN SQUARE SYNAGOGUE Page Three

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE (continued) Simeon Schreiber, Margy-Ruth Davis and I spent several sultry July Monday evenings together formulating a long-term fund raising strategy for LSS. High Holiday Chairman Bernard Kabak, joined the discussions. The work of the Committee will continue as a source of guidance and support to all future fundraising efforts at LSS. With the able assistance of Jonathan Wolf and Hyla Bassel Carey, Moderator and LSS Trustee, Jonathan Herlands chaired a mayoral candidates forum at which every Democratic and Republican candidate appeared at LSS to solicit our votes. An overflow audience, including some raucous hecklers, were treated to a great deal of rhetoric by the candidates but an even greater display of dignity, humor and leadership skills by Mr. Herlands and Rabbi Brander. The singles committee conducted aseries of activities including special Seudot Shleeshit and unique seminars. Dr. Milton Houpt, who edited ECHOD in the 1970s has, happily, agreed to take the helm of the new ECHOD. His talent and commitment is something we will all come to treasure in the months to come.

WHAT'S IN STORE FOR 5750 Our 25th Anniversary will occasion a year-long series of forums and lectures on the impact of the LSS brand of Orthodoxy on Jewish life - a commitment to embrace the wider world rather than reject it. More specifically, the way Jews relate to Israel, endangered diaspora communities (Ethiopia, USSR, etc.) is markedly different today than it was 25 years ago because of the impact of Orthodox observance. Yet our leaders are under siege from the Haredi form of Orthodoxy. As we take stock of our current condition, our forums will ask some fundamental questions:

— What have we accomplished? — At what cost? Are we now so smug in the value of our form of Yiddishkeit, that we are neglecting the "Adorn LaMokom" tenets of our religion. — What challenges do we face for the future?

— What is the outlook for LSS - type Orthodox practice

LSS will continue to lead the way with innovative outreach programming as well as with more opportunities to undertake acts of Chesed, including our food and clothing drives. An expanded Bikur Cholim in-reach program led by our and members Herb Weiss and Simeon Schreiber will begin after the high holidays.

— The educational programming of JSI promises to be the most outstanding — in our history. Please watch for the fall bulletin. In addition to regular programming, the Religion on the Job series will provide some unique surprises with an array of special panels and speakers. — LSS Youth Chairman Mark Hus and youth director Chaim Hagler plan a memorable year for the Melanie Ross Youth Center. Children of all ages will find exciting new weekly and programs. — Singles programming plans are well underway to ensure that everyone will find a unique opportunity to find a program that is both stimulating and enjoyable. A FINAL THOUGHT LSS has changed the lives of many of us. It's mission now as it was 25 years ago is to help us grow as committed Orthodox Jews. Please make the most of your LSS membership. Attend our services regularly and sample some of the magnificent educational, chesed, and social programs we have to offer. You'll find yourself coming back again and again. I also hope that the generosity of LSS will be repaid by your dedication of time, effort and financial support. We need all of you to help more than ever before. A happy and healthy New Year to all. Perry Davis Page Four LINCOLN SQUARE SYNAGOGUE

HIGH HOLIDAY LAW AND CUSTOMS

Elul — The month preceding Rosh Hashanah (beginning of the year), theShofaris blown each morning and everyone must prepare himself for the Days of Awe (Yamim Noraim). OurSages tell us: "The thirty days of Elul to what are they compared? To the thirty days of grace, which a court grants a debtor in which to pay his debts and be freed of his creditors."

Kever Avot — The graves of the ancestors. It is customary during this period of sobriety to visit the cemetery and strengthen one's ties with the ideals of the faith of our fathers.

Tsedaka — It is also the custom to liberally distribute charity to the poor. Compassion for one's fellow man is the prerequisite for any communication with God.

Hadlakot Hanerot — The woman of the house lights candles in honor of the New Year so that warmth and love may permeatethe home. Just beforethe nightfall which ushers in each evening of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Day of Forgiveness), the following two blessings are recited upon the lights: "Blessed art Thou, Lord our God, Ruler of the Universe, who has sanctified us with HisCommandmentsand has commanded usto kindlethe Festival lights(on Yom Kippur substitute: "the lights of the Day of Forgiveness)." "Blessed art Thou, Lord our God, Ruler of the Universe, Who has kept us in life, preserved us and enabled to reach this season."

Aseret Yemai Teshuvah — The Ten Days of Penitence or Return. These are the days between and including Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. It is customary to greet one another during this period with the blessing: May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year (Ketiva Vechatima Tova). It is important to note that one can only be Divinely forgiven for those transgressions committed against God. It istherefore incumbent upon every individual to seek forgiveness of his fellow man during these days for any wrongdoing he may have committed against him in the past year. The people of Israel must stand before God with hearts purified by love of man.

Apple and Honey — Upon returning from the Synagogue on the evening of Rosh Hashanah there is a beautiful custom to first dip challah and then a slice of apple into some honey. This special hors d'oeuvre is eaten with the prayer: "May it be Thy will be renew unto us a good and sweet year." (continued on page five) LINCOLN SQUARE SYNAGOGUE Page Five

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Kittel — All the sacred vestments in the Synagogue — as well as the robe (or Kittel) worn by the Rabbi and Cantors — are white during these ten days. The presents the following reason: "When men are summoned before an earthly ruler to defend themselves against some charge, they appear downcast and are often garbed in the black robes of mourners. Israel, however, appears before God on the Days of Judgement in the white garb of a feast in the confidence that as soon as one returns to God in repentance there will be immediate forgiveness." White is likewise a symbol of purity, and evokes the prophetic verse: "Though your sins be as scarlet, they become as white as snow."

Tashlich — literally, to cast away (one's transgressions). The first afternoon of Rosh Hashanah usually marks the fascinating Tashlich ceremony, which takes place on the bank of a river or near some body of fresh water. Appropriate prayers are recited and then it is customary for each person to shake the corner of his garment. This is to indicate that it is man's power to shake himself free of sin and mend his ways. In the presence of an everflowing stream one is immediately moved to think of the infinitude of God and in contrast the finitude of man.

Shofar or ram's horn — It is the highlight of the Rosh Hashanah morning services, and it also signals the conclusion of the Yom Kippur fast. Among the many reasons for the blowing of the Shofar are: (a) To proclaim the sovereignty of God on the an niversary of the creation of the world (the Kings of Israel were coronated amidst the sounding of the ram's horn). (b) To rouse the slumbering individual from his sleep of complacency and to stir him to repentance. (c)To remind God (as well as ourselves) of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Isaac, his only son. The Bible relates that a ram was substituted for the beloved Isaac. In such a manner do we hope to be saved from impending death.

Shabbat Shuva — The Sabbath of Return, which is the designation for the Sabbath between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Its name is taken from the haftorah (portion from the Prophets) chanted on that Sabbath, which begins: "Shuva Yisroel, Return O Israel unto the Lord Thy God" (Hosea 12:2ff).

Yom Kippur Fast — In ordaining Yom Kippur, the Bible states: "You shall afflict your souls." This is the basis of fasting, the abstinence from food and drink on the Day of Forgiveness. The purpose of the fast is to emphasize the spiritual nature of man and demonstrate the G-d like quality in each of us. Children usually begin to fast at the age of thirteen.

Kol Nidre — "All the vows," the beginning of the dramatic prayer which inaugurates Yom Kippur. The haunting and inspiring melody speaks of God's absolution of religous vows. It is conjectured that the music was com posed during the Spanish Inquisition (1492), when many Jews were forced to publicly vow their allegiance to Christianity.

Non-Leather Shoes — It is customary to wear non-leather shoes during the entire Yom Kippur period. This is because: (a) Leather is a sign of luxury. (b)Thedeath of an animal is necessary in the production of leathershoes. On Yom Kippur we must be made aware of the dependence upon a Higher Source which unites all of God's creatures. Page Six LINCOLN SQUARE SYNAGOGUE

SUKKOT LAW AND CUSTOMS

Chag Ha Asif — The Feast of Ingathering is another name for the Festival of Sukkot. Due to the agricultural significance of the holiday, the Synagogue becomes permeated with the colors and fragrances of four species of the glories of nature.

Ethrog — The Bible commands us to take the "Fruit of a good tree, branches of palm trees, boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your GOD seven days." By "fruit of a goodly tree" was meant the Ethrog, a citrus fruit which has many similarities to a lemon, but is of a different species. Usually an Ethrog is imported from Israel for the Sukkot celebration, thus recalling to us the beautiful land of ourfathers where the Chag Ha-Asif was originally celebrated, it is permissible to use an Ethrog from any other part of the world, provided it meets the religious requirements. Now that we rejoice in the rebirth of the Jewish State, one should of course seek to unite himself visibly with Israel by having an Ethrog which comes from our Holy Land. There are a host of rules about the shape and appearance which an Ethrog should have. It is usually more expensive to buy than any other fruit simply because it requires supervision and care. One of the important parts of an Ethrog is the Pitom, the blossom at the top of the fruit. If the Pitom has been removed, the Ethrog is no longer fit for ritual use. However, if the fruit grew originally without such a blossom it is permissible to use it for Sukkot.

The Lulov — By "branches of palm trees" the meant a Lulov, which is a branch of the palm trees. We use American-grown Lulovim, because if they were imported they would no longer retain their freshness.

Hadasim — Leaves of myrtle are used in accordance with the statement, boughs of thick trees. Three of them are used, and they are tied to the Lulov by palm leaves.

Arovot — Two willow twigs are tied with the Lulov to complete the injunction about four species on Sukkot. A blessing is recited overthe "four species" during each of the seven days of the Festival. In colorful pageantry the worshippers march around the Synagogue holding aloft their symbols of Divine Bounty during the holiday services. Our Sages Tell us that of the FourSpecies, the Ethrog is fragrant as well as tasty, the myrtle leaves are fragrant, the willow is tasty and the lulov has neither fragrance nor taste. The four are held together, reminiscent of the various types of Jews who com prise the people of Israel. Even those of our people who have "neither taste nor fragrance" must be included and encouraged. (continued on page seven) LINCOLN SQUARE SYNAGOGUE Page Seven SUKKOT LAWS AND CUSTOMS

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Intermediate Days — The third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh days of Sukkot are called Choi Ha-Moed, which might be translated as semi-holidays. The rules about forbidden kinds of labor on a holiday are greatly relaxed on these intermediate days. The prayers of these days have a dual character. The regular week-day prayers are recited, with the additions of Yaaleh V'Yovoh ("May there rise and come before Thee ...") in the Eighteen Benedictions. In addition, Hallei is recited every morning, and the Musaf as well.

Hoshanah Rabbah — The last of the Intermediate Days has a special character. It is called Hoshanah Rabbah ("The Great Hoshanah").The morning service becomes infused with asolemn character similar to the Day of Atonement and many of the prayers sound like an echo of the Yom Kippur Service. According to tradition, the final seal of the decree for the New Year (G'mar Chasimah Tovah) is proclaimed in heaven on this day. Another opportunity for repentance is granted at this time.

Shemini Atzeret — The eighth and ninth days are full Holy Days, with the same restrictions as the first two days of the Festival. The eighth day is called Shemini Atzeret. The translation of this phrase is "eighth day, aday of solemn assembly." The word Atzeret also suggests the thought of delay — to delay, as it were, the closing of the holiday season by celebrating an additional day before closing this month of holidays.

Simchat Torah — The final day of the holiday is the most joyous of all. Simchat Torah means "The Festival of the Rejoicing of the Torah."lt is the occasion for the expression of the joy which is the characteristic of every Jew who appreciates that he is one of a people to whom study and the practice of the Torah has been entrusted. "We are a people principally in the possession of the Torah," was the statement of SaadyaGaon, the great philosopher of the early Middle Ages. Similarly Rabbenu Gershom, "The Light of the Exile," writing about the year 1000 said, "The only possession left to Israel is the Torah. Even though we fall short in our observance of the precepts of the Torah, whether from negligence or indifference, our glory as Jews is that we are the People of the Book — that is — the people of the Torah." Thisyearwe hopetoclosetraffic again intothe Lincoln Towerarea. We need room to dance.

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Next come the Hakafot — the processional with the Torah scrolls. All the scrolls are taken out. The Chazan advances in front chanting: Great and mighty, O help us! Kind and merciful, O help us! The others walk behind repeating the chant. In the rear of the march are the children with their flags. Everyone kisses the scroll as they are carried by. Upon reaching the starting point in front of the ark, the marchers strike out singing and dancing. This is repeated as many times as may be necessary to give every one a turn to carry a scroll. Each round is conducted by singing and dancing. In the morning the Hakafot are repeated in the same manner. Another Torah ceremony takes place at the morning service — reading the last and first chapters from the Torah. One man is chosen to be Chatan Torah (Chatan means Bridegroom) and another one to be Chatan Bereshit. Everybody in the synagogue is called up. Even boys under thirteen, several together under a large Talit, are honored in this manner. Page Eight LINCOLN SQUARE SYNAGOGUE SCHEDULE OF SERVICES Friday September 22nd Kindle Shabbat Candles 6:36 p.m. Minchaand Kabbalat Shabbat 6:45 p.m. Saturday, September 23rd (NITZAVIM-VAYELCEH) Shabbat Morning Services 8:45 a.m. Daf Yomi at 5:05 p.m. followed by Rabbi Berman's talmud class at 5:50 p.m. Talmud and Bible Classes 5:35 p.m. Mincha 6:35 p.m. Early 10:15 p.m. Selichot Lecture by Rabbi Saul Berman 11:30 p.m. Selichot Services 12:30 a.m. Sunday, September 24th Morning Services 7:15 and 8:30 a.m.

Daily Selichot and Morning Services 6:45 and 7:30 a.m. Daily Mincha and Maariv 6:35 p.m. Wednesday, September 27 Selichot service with explanation led by Rabbi Kenneth Brander 9:45 p.m. Friday, September 29th Eve of Rosh Hashana Selichot and Morning Services 6:00 and 7:00 a.m. Kindle Shabbat Rosh Hashana Candles 6:24 p.m. Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat Rosh Hashana 6:35 p.m. Saturday, September 30th Rosh Hashana Services 7:45 a.m. Beginner's Service 9:00 a.m. Daf Yomi 5:20 p.m. Mincha at 6:20 p.m. followed by maariv and Daf Yomi KINDLE ROSH HASHANA CANDLES NOT BEFORE 7:22 p.m. Sunday, October 1st Rosh Hashana Services 7:45 a.m. Beginner's Service 9:00 a.m. Tashlich Walk 5:25 p.m. Mincha 6:25 p.m. Monday, October 2nd Fast of Gedalia Fast Begins 5:40 a.m. Selichot and Morning services 6:40 and 7:15 a.m. Mincha 6:15 p.m. Fast ends 7:08 p.m. Selichot and Daily morning services 6:40 and 7:15 a.m. Daily Mincha and Maariv 6:20 p.m. Friday, October 6th Selichot and Morning Services 6:40 and 7:15 a.m. Kindle Shabbat Candles 6:12 p.m. Minchaand Kabbalat Shabbat 6:20 p.m. Saturday, October 7th (HAAZINU) Shabbat Shuva Shabbat Morning Services 8:45 a.m. Mincha followed by Shabbat Shuva Discourse 5:25 p.m. (continued on page nine) LINCOLN SQUARE SYNAGOGUE Page Nine SCHEDULE OF SERVICES (continue from page eight) Sunday, October 8th Eve of Yom Kippur Selichot and Morning Services 7:00 and 8:30 a.m. Mincha 3:00 p.m. Kindle Memorial and Yom Kippur candles 6:09 p.m. Kol Nidre Services 6:15 p.m. Monday, October 9th Yom Kippur Main Sanctuary 8:00 a.m. Auditorium 9:00 a.m. Beginners 9:00 a.m. Final shofar blast 7:09 p.m. Daily Mincha and Maariv 6:15 p.m. Friday, October 13th Eve of Sukkot

Morning Services 7:15 and 7:50 a.m. Kindle Yom Tov Candles 6:01 p.m. Mincha and Kabbalat Yom Tov 6:10 p.m. Saturday, October 14th Sukkot Morning Services 8:00 and 8:45 a.m. DafYomi 5:00 p.m. Mincha 6:00 p.m. KINDLE YOM TOV CANDLES NOT BEFORE 7:00 p.m. Sunday, October 15th Sukkot Morning Services 8:00 and 8:45 a.m. DafYomi 5:05p.m. Mincha 6:05 p.m. Daily Choi Hamoed Morning Services 7:00 & 7:40 a.m. Daily Mincha and Maariv 6:05 p.m. Friday, October 20th Hoshana Rabba

Morning Services 6:30 and 8:00 a.m. Kindle Yom Tov Candles 5:51 p.m. Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat Yom Tov 6:00 p.m. Saturday, October 21st Shemini Atzeret

Morning Services including Yizkor Memorial Services 8, 8:45 and 9:30 a.m. DafYomi 4:50p.m. Mincha 5:50 p.m. KINDLE YOM TOV CANDLES NOT BEFORE 6:49 p.m. Sunday, October 22nd Simchat Torah Hashkomah Minyan 6:45 a.m. Yom Tov Morning Services 8:00 a.m. Family Services (Bet Midrash) 9:00 a.m. Women's Tefillah Group 9:00 a.m. Late Minyan 9:30 a.m. Mincha followed by Seudah Shlisheet Neilat Hachag 5:45 p.m.

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Ms. Sun Kasirer 3. Music, Meditation and Prayer 6. Central Themes in Maimonides' Laws of A practical use of technique in prayer. This Repentance workshop will attempt to assist individuals trying to pray Shacharit, An examination .of the main tenets of Maimomdes' Hilklrt 10. Advanced: Mincha and Maariv services with concentration Teshuva(laws of Repentance) which is a rich synthesis of halakhic Nullifying Vows philosophical doctrines, and Halakhic Rabbi Moshe Shur 8-9:30 p.m rulings, psychological insights Challenge of the Hig Focusing on Maimomdes' definition of Teshuva, his concept of Si members i" non-members The Tefilot of Hatarat personal responsibility and his affirmation of the capacity for Nedaijfn and Kol Nidrei, to the liturgy of Rosh a;hana and Yom I Maariv Service designed to use meditation techniques to enhance personality change Prior familiarity with Hilkhot Teshuva is relationship to each other! aill be discussed prayer Service will be conducted by Rabbi Shur. 9:45 p m helpful hut not essential and historical perspectiv T.ie text of both of Dr David Shatz 8-9:30 p m be analyzed Per lecture $5 membe5/J7 non-members Rabbi Adam Mintz $5 members $7 non-members Maariv service, especially designed to enhance Kayana through the use of word comprehension technique Prepared and conducted Selichot Services with explanation bv by Rabbi Saul J. Berman 9 45 p.m. Rabbi Kenneth Brander

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iced: Nullifying Vows: The Challenge of the High Holidays 13. Revive the custom of the Kabbalists of S'fat to learn Torah latarat Nec.it fn and Kol Nidrei. their relationship on the last night of the Teshuva season of Rosh ashana and Yom Kippur and their Dp"T2i/Rabbi Saul J Berman 9-11 p.m. each other Jiil be discussed from a halakhic Urgent Passion and Quantum Leap Tefila and Teshuva in the perspectn T.ie text of both of these prayers will life of King David/Rabbi Meir Fund 11 p.m.-l a.m. "L'chaim" and midcfl^of-the-night snack ntz 8-9 30 p.m in the Sukka 1 a.m. non- members Also: Separate Tikun for 7th grade through high school ices with explanation by Chaim Hagler 9 p m. -11p.m. Brander 9 45 p.m FREF. ie an unfavorable judgment." KFRJ-*"4 t RAIIA Page Twelve LINCOLN SQUARE SYNAGOGUE

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(continued from page nine) Friday, October 27th Kindle Shabbat Candles 5:41 p.m. Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat 5:50 p.m. Saturday, October 28th (BERESHEET) DafYomi 8:00 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service 8:45 a.m. Talmud and Bible Class 4:10 p.m. Mincha 5:10 p.m. followed by special Chatanim Seudah Shlisheet SET TIME ONE HOUR EARLIER FOR EASTERN STANDARD TIME Daily Mincha and Maariv 4:45 p.m. Maarivonly Monday-Thursday 6:20 p.m. Sunday, October 29th Rosh Chodesh Heshvan

Morning Services 7:00 & 8:30 a.m. Monday, October 30th Rosh Chodesh Heshvan

Morning services 7:00 & 7:40 a.m. LINCOLN SQUARE SYNAGOGUE Page Thirteen

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Hello from Jerusalem

You may know me as Alyssa Ehrman, a young lady who grew up in Lincoln Square Synagogue. Some of you as remember me a little girl sitting on the steps next to my father and running around the shul from candyman to candyman. I As grew up. I would sit on the top row, this time in the women's section next to my mother. This year I am spending my year in Israel, studying at the Mabat Program at Midreshet Lindenbaum, a girls' in Jerusalem. During my spare time I have taken up an at internship Israel Resource, a media relations agency, located in the Government Press Building. Here at Israel Resource we read the papers you read and more. You read what the media wants you to see but here at Israel Resource I am just beginning to learn what really goes on. The head of Israel Resource is a also former L.S.Ser, David Bedein. He moved to Israel in 1970 and began Israel Resource in December 1987. Israel Resource works with the Foreign Press to promote positive coverage of Israel and provide journalists with reliable sources. Without Israel Resource, journalists were courted only by Arab sources. Through work with these journalists we can see changes in their coverage and attitude towards Israel.

Here at Israel Resource we also try showing journalists what Israel life is really like. We have weekly tours which take them "across the Green Line" to meet with Israelis- for example, out to Gush Etzion to meet people who have come on Aliya, survivors and/or orphans of the '48 war, and of course, a person all of you know, Rabbi Riskin. With journalists constantly in and out of this off ice, we try and give them a sense of hospitality so they can see Orthodox Jews are not what they expect to find. Doing whatever we can for them in a friendly manner sometimes changes their opinions.

We have also seen a noticeable difference in the coverage of NBC, with whom we've been working. It has become more pro-Israel since we began our work with this new bureau.

When you treat reporters with "LSS hospitality," you are sure to make a difference. It is important when you see something which you think is a distoration of the truth, write the reporter and your congressman and tell them how you feel. Please let us at Israel Resource know. Get involved. Lehitraot. Alyssa Ehrman LINCOLN SQUARE SYNAGOGUE Page Fifteen

YOUTH ACTIVITIES FOR BEST YEAR EVER The Melanie Ross Youth Center has completed, what many believe to be, our most successful year ever, centered around our great Shabbat groups, special programs both educational and fun, and of course highlighted by our extremly successful mission to the "Soviet Union". Throughout the summer, we have been preparing for the upcoming year, and after much work we are confident that this coming year will be the best ever.

The key to the Youth Department always has and always will be our Youth Leaders. Before the summer the Youth Committee made a commitment to hi re only those leaders who can add to our success, and I can say with full confidence that we have achieved this goal.

Lincoln Square Synagogue is fortunate to have found leaders who are both talented and Torah loving Jews. Leaders who can instill a sense of Jewish pride in our kids and can serve as positive role models. I urge every member of our synagogue, whether they have children in our Youth Department or not, to get to know our Youth Leaders, and to open our homes and community to those leaders who do not live in this area.

The Melanie Ross Youth Center is looking forward to another wonderful year of programming for both our youth and the community and we encourage everyone to "Get Involved". KETIVA VA CHATIMA TOVA M.R.Y.C.

TILLEM — Ivan L. Lincoln Square Synagogue mourns the tragic lossof ourmember, Ivan L. Ti llern, a young man of vision who touched the lives of Jews the world over. A writer and dreamer who was painted by world hunger and moved by his Jewish conscience to forge a new reality.

Saul J. Berman, Rabbi Herschel Cohen, Assoc. Rabbi Kenneth Brander, Asst. Rabbi Perry Davis, President Page Sixteen LINCOLN SQUARE SYNAGOGUE

COMMUNITY ACTION NEWS The L.S.S. Community Action program begins its third year this fall. Combining long-established projects (like Hospitality and Bikur Holim), committees created during the past few years (such as World Jewry, Food Funnel, and Israel Affairs), and newly-developed programs (Homelessness, Dorot Partnership, Russian Immigrants, Ecology, "Talking Books", Tzedaka, and others), Community Action attempts to involve and educate our members and the larger community in chesed, social responsibility, political issues, and volunteer activism. Created under the leadership of Rabbi Saul Berman. Community Action is staffed by its Director, Jonathan Wolf, and its Coordinator, Hyla Bassel Carey. But the real work and guidance of Community Action is provided by its committees, chairpeople, and volunteer members. If you have any questions, complaints, contacts, or suggestions, please feel free to call Jonathan or Hyla at their office in the Annex (595-7498, or through the synagogue switch board). If you are interested in becoming one of the people whose energy, ideas, and leadership help to shape and give substance to Lincoln Square's commitment to our community and our society, please sign up!

POLITICAL HUBBUB AT L.S.S. All six of the New York City mayoral primary candidates and a bustling sanctuary-full of community members appeared for L.S.S.' candidates forum two weeks before the primary. It was one of the very few events during the campaign which all candidates and one attended, each spoke and answered questions for nearly half an hour. Campaign staffers distributed literature and buttons, and several of the candidates for City Council in our district also showed up to troll for support. Another forum, held just two days before the primary, presented all of the City Council candidates at L.S.S.

Each of the candidates came across strongly and clearly, and the questions from audience members were often fairly sharp, allowing those who attended to get a much fuller picture of the people who were running. The forum continued Lincoln Square's long tradition of plunging into political and communal issues, and it was attended by numerous reporters from Jewish and general media. One aspect the event disturbed of which many participants was the heckling of Rudolph Giuliani, and Mayor Koch, by a group of AIDS activists who took seats around the room and continually shouted until most of them walked out after the Mayor spoke.

L.S.S. Community Action and Bikur Holim have been exploring ways for us to become more involved in combating AIDS and assisting people with AIDS. The demonstrators have an important concern, but in order to advance it they will need to win support from the public and political leaders. LINCOLN SQUARE SYNAGOGUE Page Seventeen

REGISTER AND VOTE! The goal of the election forums at L.S.S. is to al low everyone to cast an intel ligent vote. But you can only vote if you have registered.

The be eligible to vote in the November 7 election, your registration form must be postmarked no later than October 10. Registration forms are available at the L.S.S. office (or in the Community Action office in the Annex). If you want a form mailed to you, call the 24-hour hotline: (212) VOTER-89. Also, if you have questions about registration and polling places, call VOTER-89 during office hours.

If you miss all the other deadlines, you can register in person at your polling place on October 12 from 1-9 RM.

RABBI BRANDER MEETS SOVIETS FOR REFUSENIK At the end of the annual Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry (S.S.S. J.) TishaB'Av MinchaserviceattheSoviet U.N. Mission, Rabbi Kenneth Brander,and Rabbi Moshe Morduchowitz of West Side Institutional Synagogue, were invited to meet with Soviet Mission Undersecretary Mr. V. Apalko. During the meeting, the rabbis acknowledged the changes going on in the Soviet Union, and expressed their appreciation to M r. Apalko for these improvements. At the same time, they conveyed concern over the spread of the anti-Semitic movement Pamyat, and the coninual refusal of emigration to many Jews for apparently trivial reasons.

They raised one particular refusenik case: that of Dr. Vladimir(Zeev) Dashevsky. For 12 years, Dr. Dashevsky, one of the outstanding Jewish educators in the Soviet Union known for his innovative educational techniques, has along with his family been denied permission to emigrate to Israel.

Mr. Apalko replied that such matters are often affected by the constant submission of letters and petitions. He agreed to look into the matter provided he was presented with a petition. Within a few days, over 1,000 signatures urging free emigration for the Dashevskys were hand-delivered to Mr. Apalko.

Rabbi Brander and S.S.S.J. are calling on our community to continue the pressure on behalf of the Dashevskys. Please write to your Congressmember (in ourdistrict, Rep.Ted Weiss)at HouseOffice Building, Washington, D.C. 20515, and to your Senators at Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510, urging their immediate intervention with Soviet officials on behalf of Dr. Dashevsky. Let them know that this is an urgent and overdue refusenik case. Dr. Dashevsky is one of the most important unofficial Jewish educators in the U.S.S.R., and he and his family have been waiting for 12 years to go to Israel. Everyone is also encouraged to write to General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, with a copy to Soviet Ambassador to the U.S. Yuri Dubinin, urging the Dashevsky family's immediate release and pointing out that their continued forcible residence does great damage to the image of positive change in the U.S.S.R. Rabbi Brander asks that a copy of any letter you write, and any reply received, be sent to him. Page Eighteen LINCOLN SQUARE SYNAGOGUE

MAKE GOOD ON YOUR INTENTIONS AT THE CHESED FAIR All through the El I u I and High Holiday period we re-examine our lives and recommit ourselves to the values in which we believe.

For us those of who are looking for ways to put our resolutions and inspiration into practice, the second annual L.S.S. Chesed Fair, on Wednesday evening, October 25, will provide myriad opportunities.

Members of L.S.S. who lead our collective efforts in many different areas of personal involvement and responsibility will present some of the Torah sources behind what they do, and explain each program, how it operates, and how to become involved.

It's an occasion to hear about, and possibly choose to join in, projects such as the LSS/Dorot Partnership (working with seniors in our neighborhood); Food Funnel (recycling usable food from celebrations, bakeries, and caterers to the hungry); BikurHoilm(visiting hospital patients); Russian lmmigrants(bringing new arrivals in contact with Judaism); Hospitality (opening your home to guests, or helping to arrange for hosts); Homelessness (volunteering at shelters and soup kitchens); World Jewry (activism for endangered Jewish communities); "Talking Books" (recording Torah works forthe Jewish Braille Institute); and other groups. There is some way in which everyone can give some time and care as part of oneoranotherof these undertakings. As we are reminded all through theautumn Holiday season, these are the kinds of activities which make a Jewish community what it needs to be, and which help each of us who gives to be who we are able to be. You're invited to the Chesed Fair to find out and decide where your talents, desires, and inclinations fit in best!

A SPECIAL NOTE All the members of the Lincoln Square family owe a debt of gratitude to one of our members who has put in count less hours insuring that neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night will prevent the synagogue mailings from going through. Bella Winkler, one of our hardest working volunteers, works diligently proof reading, collating and stuffing mailings. Also essential to our mail operation have been Mark& Jared Osgood who have given freely of their spare time to help us get things done. The entire mail process at Lincoln Square takes place underthe direction of Art Blazer, also a member, who has taken on the responsibility for the arduous task of mailing out to our members over 500,000 pieces of paper in the past year. This effort is essential to our ability to communicate with you and has necessitated Art's becoming familiar with the arcane rules and regulations of the US Postal Service.

Thanks to all the tireless efforts of all our mail staff we have been able to keep those cards and letters coming in. LINCOLN SQUARE SYNAGOGUE Page Nineteen

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WE'RE BACK! The Lincoln Square Synagogue Bulletin will be published at the beginning of each month from September until June. Articles and announcements are welcome and should be submitted to the Editor in care of the Synagogue office one month prior to publication.